University of Colorado Department of Orthopaedics 20th Annual CU Sports Medicine Fall Symposium 2025

1. Overview

The University of Colorado Department of Orthopaedics 20th Annual CU Sports Medicine Fall Symposium 2025 provides a comprehensive update on the management of sports-related injuries, focusing on the knee, hip, and foot and ankle. The course covers the latest surgical and non-operative strategies for cartilage restoration, ligament reconstruction, and return-to-sport testing, alongside discussions on contemporary issues like NIL and team physician responsibilities.

Course Date: Fall 2025

2. Learning Objectives

• Evaluate evolving techniques for ACL reconstruction, including graft selection, slope correction, and managing stiff knees.

• Implement evidence-based strategies for treating meniscus root tears, cartilage defects, and MCL injuries.

• Diagnose and manage hip conditions such as femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), instability, and hamstring injuries.

• Apply current protocols for Achilles tendinopathy, ankle fractures, and peroneal tendon injuries.

• Discuss the impact of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) on team physicians and lessons learned from NFL coverage.

3. Target Audience

Best for orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, and physical therapists who want updates on knee, hip, and ankle injury management.

4. Topics

1. Intro to the 20th Annual CU Sports Medicine Fall Symposium

2. In-Season Athlete With Cartilage Injury – How to Manage

3. Off-Season Athlete With a Cartilage Lesion – What Are the Options

4. Meniscus Update 2025

5. Ramp, Radial and Root Tears

6. Joint Restoration in the Elite Athlete

7. Biologics in Knee OA – Understanding the Role of Biomarkers in Treatment

8. Cartilage Cases – When to Go Beyond Biologics

9. NFL Team Coverage – Lessons Learned

10. NIL in Amateur Sports – Effects on the Team Physician

11. Lower Extremity Growth Plates in Young Athletes – When They Hurt and What to Do

12. Knee Examination – 2025 Update

13. Choosing the Right ACL Graft in 2025 – Individualized Approach

14. ACL Controversies – 2025 Trends in North America (It’s Different in Europe!)

15. Slope Correction Osteotomy – Hope or Hype

16. MCL Injuries in 2025 – When to Repair and How to Get it Right

17. Return to Sport Testing – ACLR

18. Evolving Technique – The Stiff Knee After ACL Surgery

19. Biomechanical Biomarkers in Lower Extremity Movement

20. ACL Cases

21. The Athlete’s Knee – ACL, Other Ligaments, and Motion – Panel Discussion

22. Leg Pain in the Athlete – It’s Not Always What You Think

23. Patellar Tendinitis – Make It Stop

24. Using an Algorithm to Identify Muscle Imbalance Gait

25. Incidence and Epidemiology of Ankle Injuries in Sport

26. Evolving Management of Ligamentous Injuries – Lateral, Syndesmotic and Deltoid Instability

27. Current Management of Achilles Tendon Injuries in Sport

28. Foot and Ankle Stress Fractures in Athletes – Prevention and Treatment

29. Peroneal Tendon Injuries in Athletes

30. Managing Achilles Tendinopathy – Effective and Cutting-Edge Treatments

31. Ankle Fractures in Athletes – Treatment and Return to Sport

32. Rehabilitating Soft Tissue Injuries in Athletes – Top 5 Techniques

33. The Athlete’s Foot and Ankle – Cases & Complications Discussion

34. Imaging of the Hip – A Puzzle Put Together

35. Evaluation of the Athlete’s Hip

36. Too Hip to Quit – Tackling FAI Like a Pro – Physical Therapist’s Guide to Non-Operative Management

37. Hip Pain in the Adolescent Athlete – 2025 Update

38. Femoroacetabular Impingement – This Is Where It All Started From

39. Hip Instability – Looking Beyond Labral Tears

40. Orthobiologics Around the Hip and Pelvis

41. Ultrasound Evaluation of Hamstring – Length, Angle and Hydrodissection to Prevent Injury

42. Hamstring Injury Rehabilitation – Is It Smoke and Mirrors

43. Hip Osteoarthritis in the Athlete – Sports Participation After Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty